This is reported by HB with reference to the US Secret Service in twitter.

On Friday, April 12, in Washington, an unknown man on an electric car was setting fire to his jacket in front of the White House building.

"The man on an electric scooter-armchair set fire to his jacket when he was sitting on Pennsylvania Avenue along the white-fence line of the White House on the north side, and the officers immediately reacted, extinguished the fire and rendered first aid," the statement said.

It is noted that the victim was taken to the hospital, his life does not threaten anything.

"The man was taken to a local hospital with injuries, which, apparently, do not threaten his life," the service said.